Month: August 2016

French midfielder Samir Nasri has joined La Liga side Sevilla from Manchester City on a season-long loan deal, both sides confirmed on Wednesday.

Nasri scored 27 goals and won two Premier League titles in five years in Manchester, but after an injury-plagued 2015/16 season, new City boss Pep Guardiola had criticised his condition when he returned to pre-season overweight.

“The attacker arrives on loan from Manchester City until June 30 2017 without an option to buy,” Sevilla said in a statement.

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After making a strong impression as a substitute for the last 15 minutes of City’s 3-1 win over West Ham on Sunday, Guardiola even opened the door for Nasri to stay and fight for his place at the Etihad.

Manchester City defender Eliaquim Mangala has had a medical ahead of a move to Valencia, according to reports.

Mangala, who started 24 Premier League games for City last season, is expected to join Valencia on loan for the remainder for the season.

Defender Shkodran Mustafi left Valencia for Arsenal on Tuesday in a deal that could be worth up to £35m to the La Liga side NaijaBet.com

Managla, who was part of France’s squad for this summer’s European Championships, does not appear to feature in manager Pep Guardiola’s immediate plans.

Guardiola has already reinforced his defence with the acquisition of John Stones this summer, with Nicolas Otamendi partnering the England international at centre-back in City’s last two Premier League games.

Stoke City have signed striker Wilfried Bony from Manchester City on a season-long loan, the Premier League clubs announced on Wednesday.

Ivorian Bony, 27, has been a bit-part player at City since signing from Swansea City in January 2015, with Argentina’s Sergio Aguero leading the line at the club.

“Bringing Wilfried in was a no-brainer for us, to be perfectly honest, because he knows the Premier League and has scored plenty of goals at this level,” manager Mark Hughes told the club’s website. Naijabet

Martial enjoyed a strong start to his United career since signing from Monaco in September, scoring 11 goals in 31 Premier League games last campaign but has been unable to find the back of the net under manager Jose Mourinho.

“Anthony started the season very early and he has already played a lot in a system that is different to ours. He needs to be more consistent despite his qualities,” Deschamps media of about the 20-year-old. Naijabet

“He can make the difference in a game because he’s fast and powerful and can score and assist. At this age, even if he has already proved a lot, he has to go through that stage. He has to maintain a certain level of performance for weeks and months.”

Serge Gnabry is to be unveiled as a Werder Bremen player on Wednesday after completing his move from Arsenal, the Bundesliga club have announced.

Gnabry, who impressed for his country as they won Olympic silver at this summer’s Games in Rio de Janeiro, is expected to join Bremen on a four-year contract for an initial fee of €5 million, according to Bild.

Fulham are in discussions with striker Emmanuel Adebayor, according to Sky sources.

The 32-year-old is available on a free transfer after his short-term contract with Crystal Palace expired at the end of the season.

The former Arsenal, Manchester City and Tottenham forward made seven appearances and scored one goal for Alan Pardew’s side after joining on a six-month deal in January. NaijaBet.com

Adebayor, who in May told Sky Sports he hoped to stay with Palace, was reported to be of interested to Turkish side Caykur Rizespor earlier this month.

Rizespor coach Hikmet Karaman claimed a deal had been ‘agreed in principle’ to reunite Adebayor with former Arsenal team-mate Mathieu Flamini at the Super Lig club.
On Monday, Fulham joined Wolves in bidding for derby striker Chris Martin, according to Sky sources.

Meanwhile, Adebayor’s most recent club, Palace, are in a tussle with Bournemouth over the loan signing of Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere.

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Liverpool’s outcast Italian striker Mario Balotelli was to have a medical at French side Nice on Wednesday amid transfer deadline day talks between the clubs, l’Equipe newspaper reported.

The 26-year-old could be sold or loaned to Nice, the report said. Once one of the biggest hopes in Europe, Balotelli has not played for Italy since the 2014 World Cup and has been told he is not wanted by Liverpool coach Juergen Klopp.

A Nice official told l’Equipe no agreement had been reached and that the medical was “to save time” if an accord could be found. Naijabet

“If the situation works out, maybe late in the day, it will be done. If we don’t agree with Liverpool, he will leave again,” the official added.

Hodgson was criticised for a number of his tactical and selection decisions as his side failed in France, with one of the earliest debates centring around his main striker delivering dead balls rather than getting on the end of them.

Inter Milan have signed Brazil striker Gabriel “Gabigol” Barbosa on a five-year deal from Santos on the player’s 20th birthday.

Inter had been leading the race for the Santos prospect, who is in Ecuador preparing to play in World Cup qualifying matches with the Selecao.

He passed his medical over the weekend and the Nerazzurri are reported to have agreed a fee of around €25 million with Santos for the services of the forward, who starred for Brazil at the Olympic Games. NaijaBet.com

Premier League clubs have now spent more than £1 billion on transfers in the summer window.

The league had already broken its own transfer record last week, when Manchester City’s signing of Barcelona goalkeeper Claudio Bravo pushed clubs’ gross spending up to £880 million — topping the £870m of last summer. NaijaBet.com

Arsenal completed the signing of Germany defender Shkodran Mustafi from Valencia for a reported fee of £35 million on Tuesday night, which smashed through the £1bn mark with another day of dealing to go.

It is the fourth successive summer that a new record has been set for Premier League spending.

Hull became the 12th club to break their transfer record this window when Ryan Mason moved to the KCOM Stadium from Tottenham.

Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero is in danger of missing the Manchester derby after he was charged with violent conduct by England’s Football Association on Tuesday.

The charge relates to an incident during City’s 3-1 home win over West Ham United last Sunday when Aguero appeared to swing his left elbow towards visiting defender Winston Reid.

He faces a three-game ban if found guilty, which would rule him out of City’s trip to Manchester United on September 10, a home game with Bournemouth and a trip to Swansea City in the League Cup. Naija and Bet

“Sergio Aguero has been charged for an alleged act of violent conduct which was not seen by the match officials but caught on video,” the FA said in a statement on its website.

“The Manchester City forward was involved in an incident with West Ham United’s Winston Reid in the 76th minute of the game on Sunday [28 August 2016].”

Gernot Rohr had his first training session with the Super Eagles on Tuesday at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo.

The session lasted exactly 35 minutes with the team concentrating only on light workouts and stretches.

Twenty players took part in the session which got underway at exactly 6:25 pm with Rohr flagging off proceedings with a short meeting with the players and backroom staff on the pitch for about five minutes. Naijabet.com

The players then proceeded to jog around the pitch for about five minutes before embarking on another five minute session with emphasis laid on stretching exercises.

Rohr then divided the group into two with each engaging in a mini game of head tennis.

Wayne Rooney will end his England career after the 2018 World Cup in Russia, the striker said on Tuesday.

The 30-year-old made his announcement at a news conference ahead of the World Cup qualifier against Slovakia on Sunday, when he will set a new record for an England outfield player, ahead of David Beckham, by winning his 116th cap. Naija and Bet

“Come Russia I feel that will be the time for me to say goodbye to international football, my mind is made up,” said Rooney, who was reappointed England captain by new manager Sam Allardyce on Monday.

“Russia will be my last opportunity to do anything with England so I’m going to try to enjoy these two years and hopefully I can end my time with England on a high,” he said.